Skeem Saam's Mosebjadi teaches Kwaito isiXhosa and it falls apart
Skeem Saam's Zizo Sobutyu gave co-star Clement Maosa an isiXhosa lesson on TikTok and it ended in giggles. The 9 November clip passed 200,000 views in hours. Watch it and see what Mzansi said.
On Monday morning, 9 November, Skeem Saam actor Clement Maosa (@clementmaosa) posted a TikTok of his co-star Zizo Sobutyu giving him a quick isiXhosa lesson. She stands behind him calling out the words, he tries to keep up from his chair, and the whole thing falls apart into laughter. The minute-long clip, captioned "Work Chronicles", passed 200,000 views and 45,000 likes within hours.
Sobutyu plays Mosebjadi and Maosa plays Kwaito on the SABC 1 soapie, and the clip appears to have been filmed at work. Many viewers said they had no idea Sobutyu speaks isiXhosa. Commenters called the playful, coded way she speaks "isidubada", though one viewer pointed out it is more like street language than a proper dialect.
What the comments are saying
@katlegochandammuso:
"ke Shona" (975 likes)
@madamspeakerjay:
"Clement please normalize laughing on screens,we dont know this laugh.we only see it on social media" (864 likes)
@madamspeakerjay:
"please tell Mr Nkadimeng to knock next time,these two once kissed at school.lol" (305 likes)
@filipinos960:
"kanti ungumxhosa na ntombi yhooo asemhle 🥰😂😁🙏" (290 likes)
@lingomsolethueli:
"Haibo Kwaito nailed the isidubada sana" (281 likes)
@dee07875:
"what kind of meat" (153 likes)
@ur_girl_awethu:
"he asked the right question at the right time bcz wow I did not understand" (143 likes)
@mo_menze:
"Haybo don't teach him everything kalok mntase 😭 sizobahleba njani 🤣" (84 likes)
Video and image: @clementmaosa on TikTok.